On 11/10/2013 3:14 PM, Akater wrote:
"German guy" was only one of several. I your theory is true, but it depends on the goal(s) of the LEAs. If their only purpose is to catch REAL criminals, they may stop going after exit operators, if most attempts are unsuccessful / unfruitful. But, in those cases, they're looking for ANY info. They want DATA from exit nodes, even if they don't think the operator is complicit. Just as they wanted data from ALL Lavabit customer accts.The German guy was released, right? A couple more precendents, and police will stop raids like this one due to inefficiency. Because, ultimately, they /are/ inefficient, and all Tor community needs to do is to make it as clear to general public as possible.
If intent is simply to intimidate (as is sometimes the case in other endeavors), then being inefficient matter at all. When that's the purpose, educating them won't help, either. That's not ALWAYS their purpose, but LONG history has shown that it can be.
Some gov'ts, LEAs just don't want Tor & the "bad element" they perceive it brings, operating in their jurisdiction. And, criminals do use Tor, at times. That said, I don't know that LEAs will stop turning over exit node "rocks," to see what's underneath.
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